Fountain-pen.



S. ZOLLINGER.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1915 Patented Dec. 14

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STEPHEN ZOLLINGER, 0F WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

Application filed May 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. STEPHEN ZULLINUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Voodhaven. county of Queens. and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in F ountain-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fountain pens and more particularly to an improvement on the form of fountain pen shown in an application filed by me on the 26th day of April bearing Serial Number 24.058.

An object of my presentinvention is to provide a pen wherein there is placed a member for the reception of ink in a solid form, as a capsule or stick, pellet, etc. A fluid such as water is then placed in the barrel of the pen which will slowly dissolve the pellet or stick of ink thus forming a writing fluid. I

Still another object of my invention is to so form the receptacle that it will not be necessary to remove the same to insert a new pellet of ink, the advantage being that the fingers of the operator do not have to come in contact with the receptacle and thereby become soiled or smutted with ink; it only being necessary in the present form to unscrew and remove the cap at the end of the-pen.

Another object of my invention is to provide a pen that will be neat in appearance, easy to. construct and cheap to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully de scribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings formingapart thereof, Figure l is a perspective of the barrel, receptacle, and cap all detached. Fig. 2 is a, vertical sectional view with the above mentioned part in place. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings it will be seen that a barrel 1 is provided with the ordinaryform of nib 2 which is also in the ordinary form of holder 3 which screws in to the lower end of the barrel. The upper end of the barrel however has the ordinary top portion cut off and is provided with internal'threads 4 and a part of the outside of the barrel is also cut away leaving the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 19115.

Serial No. 29,337.

extended portion 5 which is also externally threaded as at (5. An internally threaded cap 7 is adapted toscrew'on the portion 5 and to tightly close the end of the barrel. A receptacle 8 is formed preferably of same material as the barrel and the center portion thereof screw threaded to fit the internal threads 4 of the barrel 1.. The upper and lower portions of the receptacle 8 may be reduced as at 9 and 10 and extending from the top to near the bottom thereof is a passageway 11. Also at different points in the lower portion 10 there may be transverse passages or openings 12 and 13.

The operations for filling the pen will be readily seen. First, simply unscrew the cap 7 and place a pellet, stick or other solid form of ink in the receptacle 8, which of course is simply dropped in the passageway 11. The cap 7 is then tightly screwed in place and the plug at the other end of the barrel removed and water placed therein,

similar to the manner in which ink is poured in in the ordinary form of fountain pen. The water flowing through the openings 12 and 13 will come invcontact with the ink pellet and turn the water into a perfeet writing fluid. One pellet will ordinarily do for from ten to fifteen fillings of water, thus providing a very convenient pen, as water can generally be obtained, even though ink might not, .and at only every tenth to fifteenth filling necessitating a new pellet of ink. Again to insert the pellet the receptacle need not be removed, and only removed if necessary to clean the same, alsoextra pellets of ink might be carried in the cap portion that fits over the nib so that an ink supply for many months will be always conveniently at hand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1. In combination with a pen barrel, an ink receptacle removably secured in the upper portion thereof, the upper portion of said ink receptacle being reduced and extending beyond the upper end of said pen barrel, said receptacle provided with a longitudinal passage open at its upper end,-and said receptacle also provided with an opening connecting with said longitudinal passage, and a cap removably secured to the upper end of said pen barrel to thereby close the open end of said longitudinal passage.

2. In combination with a pen barrel, an

ink receptacle having an enlarged central 7 barrel.

3. 1m combination with a pen barrel, an ink receptacle having a reduced upper and lower portion and the center portion thereof adapted to tightly fit within the upper portion of said pen barrel, the upper portion of said ink receptacle extending above the upper end of said pen barrel, said receptacle also provided with a longitudinal and a transverse passage, the said longitudinal passage being open at its upper end, and a cap adapted to fit on the upper end of said pen barrel to close the same, and also to close the longitudinal passage in said ink recep- 2 tacle.

4. In combination with a pen barrel provided with internal screw threads at its upper end, an ink receptacle having an enlarged central portion provided with screw 3| threads and adapted to be supported by the threads in said pen barrel, said ink receptacle provided with a longitudinal passage open at its upper end and extending beyond the end of said pen barrel, said receptacle 3:

also provided with a transverse passage 'con necting with said longitudinal passage and a cap adapted to' fit on the upper end of said pen barrel and thereby close the upper end of said longitudinal passage and the said pen barrel.

Signed at New York and State'of New York this 10th day of May A. D. 1915.

STEPHEN ZOLLINGER.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES HERRMANN, HENRY M. HEATH. 

